pentastomus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πεντάστομος (pentástomos, “with five mouths”) +‎ -us (adjectival suffix), from πέντε (pénte, “five”) +‎ στόμα (stóma, “mouth”) +‎ -ος (-os, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pen̪ˈt̪as.t̪o.mus]

Adjective

pentastomus (feminine pentastoma, neuter pentastomum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (New Latin) With five mouths.

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative pentastomus pentastoma pentastomum pentastomī pentastomae pentastoma
genitive pentastomī pentastomae pentastomī pentastomōrum pentastomārum pentastomōrum
dative pentastomō pentastomae pentastomō pentastomīs
accusative pentastomum pentastomam pentastomum pentastomōs pentastomās pentastoma
ablative pentastomō pentastomā pentastomō pentastomīs
vocative pentastome pentastoma pentastomum pentastomī pentastomae pentastoma

Descendants

  • → Translingual: Pentastoma
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